Valve



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v O. C. LITTLE VALVE Filed July 1G 1919 lima 527113014 Patented Jan. 29, 1924,

UNITED STATES oleron c. LITTLE, or MENASHA, WrscoNsrN. y

VALVE.

Application led July 16, 1919. Serial No. 311,143.

To all/whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OnToN citizen of the United. States, residin at Menasha, county of Winnebago, and tate of` Wisconsin, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Valves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in valves, this invention being a continuation in part of an application lfiled by me May 4, 1918, Serial Number 232,667, for improvements in humidiers, which application has matured into Letters `Patent 1,312,997.

The invention herein disclosed, however, relates not only tohumidifiervalves, and other valves designed to provide for a slow and constant delivery of a small quantity of fluid :under normal conditions, but also relates to improvements .in thegeneral` class of valves wherein the valve isl pushed to its seat by a rotating screw without rotatingthe valve head upon the seat.

C. LITTLE, a

` .One objectof my inventionas herein dis.

closed and claimed is to provide means whereby a valve head or disk may be loosely anddetachably supported by the valve stem and rotated therewith when l withdrawn from the seat but may be held against rotation by reason ofits frictional ycontact with the seat as soon as the screw threaded stem brings it to a substantiallyclosed position, whereby the contacting surfaces of' the valve and seat may be protected from wear, and lvalves of relatively softmaterials may thereforefbe used andreplaced when necessar by substitute valve heads. j

nother object of my` invention is to provide a form of valve of the described class which can be constructed at minimum cost, but which will be thoroughly reliable in use and also` durable. Also to provide means whereby valve heads may be easily renewed by ineX erienced persons.

A further object` of my invention is kto provide vmeans whereby my improved valve may be used as a dri valve or one which will allow a slow 'an continuous delivery of Huid, either drop by drop, or in a small stream as may berequired, and such delivery keptconstant as to long periods ottime.

In the drawings Figure 1` is a vertical sectional view of my improved valve when constructed as :i` drip valve and used to permit a constant delivery of a small quantity of water` or other fluid. y ."Figure 2 is a detail view of the disk-which controls' the'rate of" slow or constantddrip delivery. Figure 3 isa detail view of one of the coquantity through operating disks.

Figure 4 is a view on the same plane` as Figure 1, but showing a modified form of valve head, whereby, when the valvey is closed,`delivery to the outlet is completely cut off. i l

Like `parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views. v

In Figure 1 liquid is..delivered froma duct or chamber 1 to 'a filtering cylinder 2 i which constitutes the yinlet portion `of the valve casing. This inlet portion is provided with a central tubular cavity containing a quantity of sponge` or other filtering material 3, interposed between a pair of circular screens 4l and 5, at the respective ends ofthefiltering cylinder or chamber 2, which hold the filtering material in position. `At the inner end of the yfiltering cylinder2, a port 7` is rovided which leads from the iltering cy inder thruthe wall 8 to theI valve cavity 9, andl thence to theoutlet nozzle 10.` i The valve stem 11 is screwed into the outer end of the casing, and is preferably provided: with an unthreaded portion 12 within the cavity 9, and-a reduced portion or axially projecting stud or pin13 which may extend loosely into` theI port?, `and which also supports a valvehead composed of a` set ofvalve members 15, 16,. and '17 in such: a position that thevalve member 15 may seat against t-heI face of lthe `wall `in which the port 7 isformed. ,v y ,y

The valve member 15 yis the seating mem` ber. It comprises athin disc of sheet metal suitably apertured toloosely receive the procross-section and preferably has a portion of its periphery cut away across the slot or recess at whereby the `liquid following;

the stud or pin 13 thru the disk 15, may pass thru the short slot 22v lto the space formed by the recess 23 and thence to the cavity 9 and itsv outletorwnozzle 10. i

`The disks or valve members V15, :164 and 17,

may be stamped or cut from sheet brass or copper of any desired gage. The fdiskfl may therefore bevery thin and thiswill determine the capacity of a slot 22"of prede# termined width, insuch a mannerlrasfto' allow a reduction incapacity far below what can reliably bel secured by drilling' a round hole thru a solid body`v of metal. In fact vthe friction of thelliquid upon the walls ofthe slotr QQ/is suchas to materially retardVthe low,for1the liquid escapes ina thin'flm between the walls of the other disks -1'5,;and 17, and must overcome a very material'resistance, due to capillary attraction.Av But this flat, and wide, but thin passage will not be clogged by any foreign 'matter that could pass thru the filter, for the Vreason that'thel passage iis an elongated rectangle in cross section and any particle of forei matter that would reachy across "it and bind upon the side walls, would have to also conform substantially to the other dimension in order to clog the passage or even tomaterially affect 'the quantity of liquid passing thru it. The central opening in this' disk,

being slightly-larger than the s-tud'willalso allow any such particle of foreign matter to be pushed away from the slot by the escap--f ing liquid. "'"Experiments conducted by me have demonstrated that valves constructed u many months Iat least.-

"i In Figure 4, the disk' 16 is omitted, and

a vthicker disk 25 is substituted for theI disk 15. Thedisk25 may be formed of lead, rubber'or any other material, preferablyv of relatively soft material whichI will not'roi tate after contacting with the seat, the shoulderf1'9 being* more freely rotated upon the disk"17gaiid thelatter beingalso free to rotatepo uiedis'kae I preferably form the stud 13 with a slight taper, at least in proximity to the stem shoulder 19 whereby the disk 17 may have a central aperture of the same diameter as the other disks and nevertheless have relatively less freedom of movement upon the stud. If it is desired to have this disk rotate vwith the stem the stud may be tightly fitted to the disk aperture.

The stud 13 in Figure 4 is preferably provided with a nut 2,7.,or equivalent disk retaining fastening adapted to prevent the Vdisks from sliding from the stud when the stem is retracted.

TI' c1aim:-3'r' 1. A valve stem provided with an axial stud projectionl at its "inner end@ and a.

radially slotted disk .loosely and rotatably mounted thereon and adapted to be pushed by the stem against a valve seat, lthe radial. slot and loose mounting of the disk being adapted-to allow fluid delivery at afislow rate even when the disk is pressed against the valve seat. y 2, 1-

2. A lvalve stem provided at its innersend with an axially disposedy stud of reduced diameter, and a pluralityA of apertured disks supported by the stud, an intermediatevdisk being provided with a' radial slot adaptedy toform, in connection with said apertures, a'bypass of limited capacity.v f

3. A valve'having an apertured; portion provided with a seating surface, ashcul-r dered supporting portion andlfan inter mediate portion adapted to-form 4a cavity f in registry with the aperture inthe seating portion and co-operating withthe seating portion and shouldered portion toiform faf radially extending by-pass duct-of small rectangular cross-section, adapted whenJ--the valve is closed to permit a slow delivery `of water thro-ugh said duct while preventing water delivery past any other `portion of the valve. y A f l 4. A valve stem, provided'with anaxially disposed stud of less diameter than the stem at its inner end, in combination with a plurality of aper'turedr` disks supportedwbyfthe stud and constituting 'a valve head'adapted to be clamped by thestem between its inner end and the valve seat, o\neofisaid disks having a slot oflimited'iuid delivering-icapalcityextending V'from its central? aperture to its outer margin. p 5. A valve head comprising a set of apertured disks, includingan intermediatefdisk provided with a slot of limi-ted fluid del livering capacity extending from its aperture to its outer margin. Y. 6. A valve 1head comprising-a 'setof apertured disks, vand means for bypassing)- a. limited* amount of fluid thruI anI yin-'termediate disk' whereby theivalvef-head can never entirely shut 0E the liuid' supplyL-J g 7. A 'valve including the combination of n casing provided with a seat, a valve stem llo axially propellable toward the seat, a plurality oi apertureddisks loosely mounted upon the stem, a shoulder upon the stem whereby the disks may be forcibly contacted with the seat, a bypass duct of small rectangular cross-section adapted to be unaffected by the closing of the valve, and a lilter adapted to intercept material capable of stopping the duct.

8. A valve including the combination of a casing provided with a seat, a. valve stem. axially propellable toward the seat and having a reduced end forming a shoulder and an apertured disk radially slotted from the aperture to its margin mounted loosely upon the reduced end of the stem and adapted to be forced by the shoulder against the seat, the slo't constituting a bypass of rectangular cross section whereby a limited discharge of fluid past the closed valveis allowed.

9. A valve head comprising a set of apertured disks,in combination with an actuating stem having a reduced portion loosely engaged in the apertures and also having an annular clamping shoulder to engage one of the disks, and clamp the disks between it and the valve seat, one of the intermediate disks being provided with a radially extending slot adapted to permit a slow delivery of fluid when the valve is closed.

10. A. valve. stem provided with a shoulder and a tapered portion of reduced diameter extending from the shoulder to the inner end of the stem, in combination with a valve head comprising a. plurality of apertured disks loosely mounted upon said tapered portion, `an intermediate disk being radially slotted whereby a limited amount of Huid will be delivered along the tapered portion of the stem within the apertures and thru the slot.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ORTON C. LITTLE.

Witnesses: CHARLES H. Vmm'm, DOROTHY HEoKRoDr. 

